Gastropod synonyms
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cowrie
A gastropod of the family Cypraeidae common to the Indian Ocean.
A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.
Any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals, including the chitons, gastropods, cephalopods, scaphopods, and bivalves characterized by a soft, unsegmented body, typically enclosed wholly or in part in a mantle and a calcareous shell, and usually having gills and a foot
pteropod
Any such animal
The definition of a slug is a small animal with a soft, smooth and slimy body without a shell that slowly moves using one muscular foot.
The definition of a snail is a small animal with a distinct head whose body is mostly enclosed by a shell and moves slowly using one muscular foot.
Any of various marine gastropod mollusks of the family Volutidae, having a spiral, often colorfully marked shell.
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A gastropod, especially one with a single shell, such as a snail, cone, whelk, abalone, or limpet. Univalves belong to the subclass Prosobranchia. Their shells are usually spiral and can hold the whole animal inside.
mollusc (related)
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crustacean (related)
amphipod (related)
echinoderm (related)
bryozoa (related)
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bryozoan (related)
polychaete (related)
hydroid (related)
crustacea (related)
isopod (related)
tunicate (related)
prosobranch (related)
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ostracod (related)
hydrobia (related)
Find another word for gastropod. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for gastropod, like: cowrie, limpet, mollusk, pteropod, slug, snail, volute, univalve, mollusc, bivalve and crustacean.
